The Quakers: Another Round
We met again with the small group of Quakers that’s been holding anti-Israel placards in the town square once a week all year. . . Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brooklyn Co...
23 Sep 202210min
Confessions of a Young Philosopher
My book tells the story of a young woman philosopher looking for truth and prepared to pay in the coin of her future for what is found or lost. Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosop...
21 Sep 202210min
Cynicism
Why do I think cynicism a state of mind to be feared? Especially since it’s pretty widespread and most people think it’s fairly normal. Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Bro...
14 Sep 20229min
The Delicacy of Women
For Sartre, we have here an object lesson in “bad faith,” mauvaise foi. What would good faith look like? Women all over the world wanted to know. Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philos...
9 Sep 20229min
Being Torn Apart — as a Method
Rene Descartes, the reputed “founder of modern philosophy,” held that the most important thing in life and thought – the thing without which nothing of significance can happen – is to have a method. ...
7 Sep 202210min
Conversations With My Foot
“Hello foot? Can you hear me? Have you got anything to say to me? What’s wrong with you?” Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brooklyn College of The City University of New Yo...
2 Sep 202212min
Dialogues with Local Quakers
A small group of Quakers has held what they call a “vigil” once a week in the central square of our small town. They hold up placards that demand “Justice for” or “Freedom for” Palestinians. I haven’t...
31 Aug 202212min
Theism, Philosophy and Me
Could I (given the power) do a better job than God, faced with some spectacle that pains me utterly? Or do I agree with God that we human beings have to live with our bad choices, else we can’t learn ...
26 Aug 202213min
